Echigo-Tsumari Art Triennial 2009


Claude Lévêque In silence or in noises 2009

A chance to experience art from around the world amid natural surroundings, in quiet rural settings far from metropolitan galleries and museums. The producer of the event asserts that ‘contemporary art shines brightest where nature dominates’, while the director adds that the Triennial is ‘a festival for the earth’. Why not head for Niigata this summer and check it out for yourself?

 Echigo-Tsumari Art Triennial 2009: a beginner’s guide

 Interview with Kitagawa Fram   Part 1  Part 2

 Talks on video


Hellen van Meene
Mukaiyama Tomoko
Jennifer Wen Ma
Fukutake Soichiro
Cai Guo-Qiang

 ART iT Picks by Shirasaka Yuri

 Snapshots


Tsunan area: Jennifer Wen Ma, Cai Guo-Qiang
Tokamachi area: Mukaiyama Tomoko, Antony Gormley
Matsunoyama area: Shiota Chiharu
Matsudai area: Claude Lévêque, Ozawa Tsuyoshi, Kusama Yayoi
Fukutake House: Ko Kyung-Ho, Mori Hiroharu, Watanabe Eiji, Chiba Masaya et al.

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